Use of medicinal plants in a unit of familiy health in the city of Juazeiro-BA

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Jackson Roberto Guedes da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Meira, Paulo Roberto Marinho, Nobre, Ilze Braga de Carvalho, Tupiná, Juliana dos Reis
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Interfaces Científicas. Saúde e Ambiente (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.set.edu.br/saude/article/view/107
• topic: Medicinal plants; Phytotherapy; Vale do São Francisco; Plantas medicinales; Fitoterapia; El Valle de San Francisco; Plantas medicinais; fitoterapia; Vale do São Francisco

The use of plants for the practice of folk medicine is very old, and it is important to heal and prevent diseases. Moreover, there is a race against the loss of traditional folk knowledge about plants and herbs which are used to heal people from various diseases. It was conducted a study in Juazeiro-BA with health professionals and users of herbs about the plants which are therapeutically used, and how this knowledge could be transmitted to younger generations. The aim of this study is to give a scientific support to the use of medicinal plants in the Vale do São Francisco. The results suggest that the professionals need more effective actions in the training on the use of plants, and highlight that the population need a good empirical knowledge as well.